Silicon Validation Engineer

Lyte; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyte is seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to take custom silicon from first power-on to production readiness. You will own bringup, debugging, and end-to-end characterization bridging design intent with real silicon behavior.

Work is in a cross-functional team with analog, logic, and package design. You will develop automated test infrastructure and validate complex mixed-signal devices on the bench.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering from a top university.
• 2–8 years of hands-on chip or system bringup and validation experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Perl for test automation and data analysis.
• Experience validating high-speed serial interfaces.
• Understanding of analog fundamentals and signal integrity concepts.
• Ability to read schematics, layout files, and datasheet specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead silicon bringup for new tape-outs from first power-on to functional validation.
• Develop and execute structured test plans covering functional, electrical, and performance validation.
• Characterize analog and digital circuit behavior against specifications.
• Build automated test infrastructure using Python/Perl for high-throughput characterization.
• Debug complex mixed-signal devices using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
• Validate high-speed interfaces and perform signal integrity analysis.
• Root-cause issues; distinguish design vs. process vs. board-level failures.

Skills

Test automation (Python/Perl)

Silicon bringup

Analog fundamentals

High-speed interfaces

Schematic reading

Bench debugging

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Protocol analyzers

Job description

About the role

• We are seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to take our custom silicon devices from first power-on to production readiness. Embedded in a cross-functional team spanning analog design, logic design and package design, you will own bringup, debug, and end-to-end characterization bridging design intent and real-world silicon behavior.

What you’ll do

• Lead silicon bringup for new silicon tape-outs – first power-on through functional validation
• Develop and execute structured test plans covering functional, electrical, and performance validation
• Characterize analog and digital circuit behavior against the product spec
• Build automated test infrastructure using Python/Perl for high-throughput characterization
• Debug complex mixed-signal devices – power, clocking, mixed-signal interfaces using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and protocol analyzers
• Validate high-speed interfaces including signal integrity analysis
• Root-cause issues; distinguish design vs. process vs. board-level failures

Required Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering from a top research university
• 2–8 years of hands-on chip or system bringup and validation experience
• Proficiency in Python or Perl for test automation and data analysis
• Experience validating high-speed serial interfaces
• Understanding of analog fundamentals such signal integrity, transmission lines, feedback theory, and voltage/current source compliance testing
• Understand frequency domain and time-domain measurements and correlations
• Solid analog circuit knowledge: bias networks, LDOs, PLLs, ADCs/DACs, and mixed signal interfaces – and the hands-on instincts to debug them at the bench
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, layout files, and datasheet specs

Preferred Qualifications

• PVT corner characterization and yield analysis experience
• Prior experience taping out a custom ASIC from prototype to production
• Reliability testing exposure: HTOL, ELFR, ESD/latch-up

Benefits (subject to location and local regulations)

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible vacation and time-off policy
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work oncutting-edgetechnologies with a highly cross-functional team